[15:27:50]
dminuoso:
ljarvis: We don't use Oracle because it's not as widely known amongst management. The decision to use something reliable and popular was chosen, so we store our data in the XML database.

[15:28:05]
dminuoso:
XPath queries are easier to write than SQL (no need for the "SELECT" keyword for example)

[18:08:32]
KrzaQ:
Is there a way to take all but one element from an enumerable? something like [0...-1]. I can use it, but it forces me to place it in the same line as another call in a call chain and I like the visual feel of new call in chain being in a separate line

[19:22:32]
Camusensei:
I just compiled + installed ruby 2.3.0 but can't use "gem install"... it says I'm missing openssl (even though I installed it before building). I'm now repeating the operation with ruby 2.3.4 to see if it helps

[22:54:41]
bougyman:
any pry gurus about? I have the weirdest thing. in bin/console, I set Pry.config.history.file = 'path/to/histfile', then immediately call MyObject.pry, and Pry.config.history.file is not what I set it to.

[22:54:56]
bougyman:
what could be taking priority over my very explicit setting of the config value?